Ok, I tried it in that I'm still getting errors. Happy to do so but well is my errors? -----Original Message----- From: Douglas McNaught [mailto:doug@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:39 AM To: Foster, Stephen Cc: 'Michael Fuhr'; pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; pgsql-sql@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [SQL] [GENERAL] Looking for information on PostgreSQL Stored Procedures "Foster, Stephen" <stephenlfoster@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > WHILE (--Lost on variable name for end of query; EmptyQueryResponse <> > 0? --) > BEGIN > IF LastName = fname THEN > DELETE FROM MailingList WHERE id = id; > END IF; > LastName := fname; > FETCH NEXT FROM NewListCursor INTO fname, id; > END; > CLOSE NewListCursor; > $BODY$ > LANGUAGE 'sql' VOLATILE; You can't do any looping or other control structures in an SQL function. Use PL/pgSQL instead. -Doug -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/197 - Release Date: 12/9/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/197 - Release Date: 12/9/2005
